The three men are accused of playing roles in the disappearance of a 14-year-old Lake County, Indiana girl.

Eric Ho, 25, is charged with one count of rape; while Bryan Otero, 27, is charged with one count of complicity to rape, according to the Clermont County sheriff’s office. Ian Smith Buti, 21, from Derby, Kansas faces child porn-related charges.

“They were communicating at some point on a chat app called Kik. K-I-K,” he said. “Kik is one of those apps that can be problematic due to the anonymity of it.”

Ramsey said after the girl met the 21-year-old man online, he drove her to Ohio and left her with the 25-year-old and a 27-year-old men.

Ramsey’s advice for parents: Know what your kids are saying and sending on line.

“Really all is needed is a user name, once you register via an email address,” he said. “It does make it difficult in terms of capturing communications. And when an event such as this happens, tracing back to determine the user and who the user name belongs to.”

WBBM reached out to Kik for a comment.

The company responded with this statement: “We take online safety very seriously, and we’re constantly assessing and improving our trust and safety measures.”